After weeks of discussion on the RVG, KTAG and GOWT forums, I set a date for the Bicentennial Trail cache run. The Bicentennial Trail is 6 miles of paved trail that used to be a railroad, just west of Ashland City, Tennessee. The date was Saturday, November 11, 2006. Pharmd93 and his son, Sherlock121 arrived at my house, loaded up my gear and traveled to the trailhead. As we arrived in Ashland City, we drove by Brickbat66’s house, picked up two bikes and invited Brickbat66 along for the cache run. We each had bikes and I was very happy for that. Walking the 6 miles would have been tough on that cool day which had some light rain.
There were 16 caches along the trail by Silver Dragon, GotGOD?, family-fun, Alaskan Snowman, JayPea, BigOldBoots and Yooper Cachers. There were no DNF’s on that day. I had already found Bicentennial Trail by Silver Dragon previously, and watched Pharmd93 and Sherlock121 find the cache. A few minutes later, we hit the trail on the bikes. One cache, I really remember was Root Canal. That one was a difficult climb. Later while looking for Thanks Joe, the cache owner Alaskan Snowman rode up on his bike. He was checking on us and went forward to check on one of his caches. We went along the trail finding more of the caches. Some were more difficult than others. The scenic view cache was Taschenlampe, which was a great view and interesting hide technique. We stopped long enough to a few pictures. Hit the trail again. About that time, Tennis40love called me and told me that she would meet us at CRB TBug Hotel. She was on foot and found us. She had found the caches on the east side of the trail and wanted to join us on the west part. She was the only 1K Club cacher on the hunt and we were in great need of her experience and wisdom. We proceeded down the trail and got into the Yooper Cacher series. The micros on that part of the trail were very difficult, the last one Micro Yoop being the most frustrating. It was a great experience for all of us and even without a bike, keeping up with Tennis40love proved to be challenging. At the end of the trail, was JoGPS who provided transportation for us to the vehicles parked at the trailhead.
We departed each other and I rode back home with Pharmd93 and Sherlock121. We stopped for a few caches in Montgomery, Stewart and Henry Counties.
There were 16 caches along the trail by Silver Dragon, GotGOD?, family-fun, Alaskan Snowman, JayPea, BigOldBoots and Yooper Cachers. There were no DNF’s on that day. I had already found Bicentennial Trail by Silver Dragon previously, and watched Pharmd93 and Sherlock121 find the cache. A few minutes later, we hit the trail on the bikes. One cache, I really remember was Root Canal. That one was a difficult climb. Later while looking for Thanks Joe, the cache owner Alaskan Snowman rode up on his bike. He was checking on us and went forward to check on one of his caches. We went along the trail finding more of the caches. Some were more difficult than others. The scenic view cache was Taschenlampe, which was a great view and interesting hide technique. We stopped long enough to a few pictures. Hit the trail again. About that time, Tennis40love called me and told me that she would meet us at CRB TBug Hotel. She was on foot and found us. She had found the caches on the east side of the trail and wanted to join us on the west part. She was the only 1K Club cacher on the hunt and we were in great need of her experience and wisdom. We proceeded down the trail and got into the Yooper Cacher series. The micros on that part of the trail were very difficult, the last one Micro Yoop being the most frustrating. It was a great experience for all of us and even without a bike, keeping up with Tennis40love proved to be challenging. At the end of the trail, was JoGPS who provided transportation for us to the vehicles parked at the trailhead.
We departed each other and I rode back home with Pharmd93 and Sherlock121. We stopped for a few caches in Montgomery, Stewart and Henry Counties.
2 comments:
Wish I could have made that trip!
My son Sherlock121 and I had a blast that day. We set our personal caching record for a day of caching (22 in a day). We enjoyed meeting/caching with great experienced cachers. Thanks for the opportunity. We look forward to other group caching trips like that in the future.
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